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Entered as second-class mail matter
February 25, 1910, at the posoffice
at Ahoskie, North Carolina, under
the Act of March S, 1878.
fFtiitn Advcitnint Representative
THE AMERICAN PRESS ASfiUOAnON I
FRIDAY, JAN. 12, 1923
IS IT CONSISTENT?
At the very first session of
the new board of county com
missioners, a motion was made
and carried, by the aid of two
rotes from the chairman, to
rescind the action of the retir
ing board which had authoriz
ed an appropriation for a whole
time health officer in the
county. Within one month
after taking that action, and
justified on the grounds of
"guarding the taxpayers'
money", the same commission
ers have created an additional
courj., requiring the services of
three regularly paid officers.
The county treasury will
have to take care of the ex
penses of this court, which is a
court of record. Do the com
missioners who voted for the
court know anything at all
about the operation of such a
court, or the expense attached
to it? They may be entirely
conversant with the subject;
and still there is a great prob
ability that they are not. Can '
the recorder's court expect to
be self-sustaining, or will it
add to the burden of the
county?
A search into the records of
other counties where record
er's courts have been in opera
tion fails to bring out a single
one that has not cost the county
money to run. Who ever
heard of any court of record
paying for itself?
There ia a feature overwork
ed by the advocates of the
court. "Our superior court
docket is always crowded, and
cases are continued from time
to time," is one of the excuses
made for an additional court
But, how many of these cases
really are pressed for trial by
the litigants? A large number
of them could be wiped off the
slate if the lawyers and their
client said proceed. How
maqy times on record has a ses
sion of the superior court in
Hertford County extended over
the full time allotted? It does
not take long to dispose of a
large majority of the cases;
that fact was clearly demon
strated at Winton last October,
when Judge Lloyd Horton
cleared the docket of every
case in which both sides were
ready for immediate trial.
Is holding a recorder's court
one day each week going to
mean any reduction in the num
ber of terms of superior court in
Hertford County? Or, on the
other hand, is this county to
pay the same expenses for
superior court, besides the in
creased cost of administering
the recorder's court? Unless
this court means a reduction in
the regular superior court ses
sions, Hertford County will
have to fork up some of the
people's taxes for the action
taken last Monday at Winton.
Surely, if there is need of an
additional court in Hertford
County, to be paid for out of
the county treasury, an even
greater demand should exist
for closer attention to the
health of the county? a county
that stands almost at the bot
One of our local citizens, an un
usually talkative gentleman when it
is taxes, went about the streets here
one day last week with a tale like
this: "There is $11,000 of the 1921
taxes still unpaid in Ahoskie and the
town authorities are making no ef
fort to collect them." The CAT did
not hear this statement, but one of
his friends tipped him off, with a
slifeht wink of the eye, possibly re
membering that little poem we in
serted a few weeks ago, ending each
uprse with Junius will get you, "ef
you don't watch out."
And, while talking on this subject,
Junius is right here to inform that
gentleman that he was never farther
from the truth in his life. He is cau
tioned to go slow on such propoganda
unless it will hold water, First, bro
ther, get the facts; then, you've won
the battle. This time, the facts are
against this "tax" man.
Here is the way a graduate of the
school of journalism atod at one time
president of the class at the Univer
sity of Missouri writes to the editor
of this paper: "Parker, this Thomas
W. Baker, of the English Department
of A. H. S., is some editorial writer.
Is he a professor? If so, congratula
tions on having writers of his calibre
on your staff. If he's a student?
then, there's another proof that pea
nuts aren't Ahoskie's only claim to
fame. I hope you're able to sign him
up regular."
"Arthur W. Greene seem* to be an
embryonic Carolina Greely ' also?
'again congratulations." That is what
this University fellow thinks of the
"Warwhoop" editors and contribu
tors. This opinion of his came unso
licited, and was formed after read
ing several issues of the HERALD.
Now, where is that old crab who is
all the time saying the CAT never
said anything good about anyone?
The fact of the business is, he just
loves to throw boquets; but it is not
at all his wont to hand out any un
less he believes them justified.
"It costs just as .much to feed,
clothe, and house those convicts on
a rainy day as it does on the pret
tiest day in the year," said- road com
missioner Worrel at Winton Monday.
The question of expenses during the
winter months when but little work
can be done was being discussed, and
<fne or two of the commissioners
seemed to believe expenditures
should be curtailed if jftssible. Vou
chers ordered paid Monday included
a comparatively small item for labor,
outside the convict camp.
"We hope you are here to give us
a word of encouragement," said Dr.
Powell, chairman of the road board,
to a county citizen who was for the
first time a spectator before the new
board. "We have already been kick
ed and cuffed and now we want a lit
tle encouragement from some of you
folks."
The CAT has lots of sympathy for
those six men; they don't have any
nice job at all. They have started
their administration off with every in
dication of making a honest effort
to administer the road affairs in the
best approved manner. By keeping j
close tab on expenditures, and as far
as possible knowing what is being
done on the roads, the board should
be pretty well able to handle the job.
If quarrels, dissensions, and "bull
headednese" can be kept out, the CAT
believes road building in Hertford
County will receive a material boost
within the next twelve months.
A HOT TOAST
Here's to a lovely woman?
torn in its health condition.
Cutting off money originally
appropriated for conservation
of human health, and direct
ing that it be used in creating a
vehicle for airing of private and
public wrongs, when agencies
are already provided for ad
ministering justice, has little of
consistency in it.
The cause of all our woo?
Shfe's fair and sweet,
But her tongues and feet
Are always on the go.
Of all sad words the worse, without
fail, are those of the judge. "Six
months in jail."
"Most people keep up with the do
ings of the world by reading the
newspapers," says Cy Kology, "but
there are a few who simply spend a
half hour each day in a barber chair."
From the standpoint of .the fellow
who owns a little place in the country,
life is real, life is earnest.
It approaches the season when the
lure of bathing and Ashing and gar
dening begins to fade; when one looks
back on the many happy occasions,
the great flood of company, the scores
who came to sit and eat and enjoy,
and went away filled with happiness.
Truly, it has been a wonderful sea
son. Heaven be thanked that we have
so many true friends. We can't see
'em again until early next summer,
but we had 'em- Just the same. And,
Tor that we axe grateful, as we sit
in silent retrospect, thinking over and
over of the ftu> we had, idly sorting
unpaid bills.
TRANSLATED FOR FLAPPERS
When they film a story it always
get* a new name and more heart in
ternet"
"Yes, I know. I suppose 'Ben Hur"
will now be featured as 'Her Jen.'
Now along .comes a man from down
state who sends official word to the
county court house that he was wil
ling to serve on the jury any old
time. He says he got a check the
other day for over $40 which waa due
him for serving as juror in the fall
term of 87 days.
"That's more money than I cleared
at farming in the last two years," he
confided in the clerk.
Men have various desultory ambi
tions, but the distinction for which
they really yearn is that of knowing
an actress or two and a couple of
head-waiters.
HE NEEDS A CHUNK OF RAIN
BOW
Our newspapers will mike mistakes
occasionally, but it isn't often they
try to forecast like this sne did. We
quotl:
"Our esteemed fellow citizen^ Ab
ner Brown, will go to the hospital,
tomorrow to be operated on for ap
pendicitis. He will leave a wife and
two children.
THOSE TALKATIVE BARBERS
"Don't you like to go into a barber
shop when you're about fagged out,
crawl into a comfortable chair and
have a hot towei applied to your
facet"
"Yeh?but I would like it better
if somebody would -tie a hot towel
around the barber's face so he could
n't bombard me with a gas attack of
strong onions and weak logic."
Amos Tash says the drawback to
"saying it with flowers" is that the
average man can not afford more than
a whisper.
LEARN A USELESS THING EACH
DAY
A comon housefly can lift an ordi
nary match.
BLAME IT ON THE LINO MAN
(Iowa City Press)
Alexander Brovea and Miss Helen
Alexander, formerly of Iowa Univer
sity were decently maried at Des
Moines. , *
IT AIN'T LASTING
Silver threads among: the gold
Shine upon her brow today,
Although the lady; I've been told
Dyed her 'hair just yesterday.
The power of the press into the
kitchen! Several newspapers under
the oilcloth on the kitchen table make
the oilcloth last longer.
The first farmer was the first man,
and all historic noblity rests on pos
session and use of land.?Emercson.
The sta^e warehouse system has
grown from v82 warehouses having an
aggregate capacity of 49,060 bales
of cotton last year to 78 warehouses
with a total capacity of 212,620 bales
this year.
Thirteen counties in North Caro
lina produced and sold cooperatively
33 cars of hogs under the supervision
of the Agriculture Extension Service
last year. . ' .
Western North Carolina is produc
ing annually about 400,000 pounds of
chqese in cooperative factories estab
lished during recent years by the
mountain farmers.
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Though the credit unions of the
State have undergone a period of
financial stringency, five new ones
were formed during the past year.
Report of tka Condition of tbs | d
FARMERS-ATLANTIC BANK
At AhotkU in the Stmt* of North
Carolina, at tka cloaa of business,
Docsmbor 29, 1922.
RESOURCES
Loan* and discount# $377,380.39
Demand loans 46,000.00
Overdrafts, unsecured __ 69.43
All other stocks, Bonds
and mortgages 2,997.60
Banking houses,
. $30,188.67, furniture
and fixtures $9,626.76. 89,816.32
All other real estate .
" owned - 3,993.17
Checks for clearing?3,881.63
Cash in vault and net
amounts due from
v Banks, Bankers, and
Trust Companies 68,806.41
Interest on War Finance
Loan 1,924.03
TOTAL .$642,966.88
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in $ 68,700.00
Surplus fund % 10,000.00
Undivided profits, less
current expenses and
taxes paid 4,926.40
Bills payable NONE
Deposits due banks.
Bankers, and Trust
Companies 26,168.46
Deposits subject to
check 210,666.66
Cashier's checks
outstanding 1,062.01
Certified checks 181.00 _
Time certificates of _
deposit, due on or
after 30 days 162,074.96 I
Savings deposits 69,288.40 I
TOTAL $642,966.8811
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA?
County of Hertford. January 8,
1928.
I, V. D. Strickland, Cashier of the
above named Bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is,
true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. V. D. STRICKLAND,
Cashier.
Correct?Attest:
GEO. J. NEWBERN,
L. K. WALKER,
C. G. POWELL,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 8th day of January, 1923.
O. W. HALE, Notary Public.
My Commission expires Jan. 20,1924.
Report of tha Condition of the
BANK OF AHOSKJE
At Ahoskie in the state of North
Carolina, at the close of business,
December 29, 1922 .
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts 1308,894.20
Overdrafts, unsecured __ 347.03
North Carolina State
Bonds 1,000.00 -
All other stocks, bonds C
and mortgages 200.00
Banking houses, _
$10,634.00; furniture
and fixtures,
$4,730.42 16,364.42 ?
All other real estate
owned 9,646.30 1
Cash in vault and net ?
amounts due from
banks, bankers, and
Trust Companies 163,634.61
Checks for clearing 1/066.78
TOTAL $600,142.84
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in $ 41,860.00
Surplus fund 41,860.00
Undivided profits, less
current expenses and
taxes paid ... 2,096.49.
Deposits subject to check 266,411.66
Cashier's checks
outstanding 1,060.18
Certified checks 262.92
Time certificates of
deposit, due on or
after 30 days 131,779.23
Savings deposits 26,842.86
TOTAL 8600,142.84 .
STATE OP NORTH CAROLINA?
County of Hertford. January 9,
1928.
I, James I. Crawford, Cashier of
the above named Bank, do solemnly
swear that, the above statement is
true to'the best of my knowledge and
belief. JAS. L CRAWFORD,
Cashier.
Correct?Attest:
W. L. CURTIS,
L. 8. SAVAGE,
J. N. VANN,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 9th day of January, 1928.
P. E. DUKES, Notary Public.
My Commission expires Jan. 20, 1923.
Tarheel farmers are determined to
fight the boll weeril this year as shown
by aequests for literature on the sub
ject. If you ham't had a list of free "
publications write the editor of the |
extension ^service at Baleigh a card
^ksMng for F. 4.
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