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^P) Hertford County Herald l5"^ > , ? A PAPER WORTH WHILE . Volume Xlll. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, February 16, 1923 One Section No. 41 i ? ? SCHOOL SITUATION TO BEJJNTANGLED Mass Mooting Will be Called One Night Next Week At Richard Theater RESTRICT ATTENDANCE OR ENLARGE PLANT ' ? S'. i'i'V.' Nf i*ir^i- ' ft,, i-'j *5.11 Improvements ana additions must be made to the Ahoside High School, students from without the special tax district that supports the school will have to be barred from attend ing school here, or public edu cation here must suffer. The present buildings will not take care of the children who wish to attend school here; that has been thoroughly shown this year and is expected to become a more complex question each succeeding year. For the last two or three years the trustees have been more or less non plussed over the apparent inadequacy of the two buildings, and crowded condition of the school rooms. Bsrti -tions have been made in the auditor ium and its capacity greatly dimin ished and other rooms have been crowded to the limit Every inch of space that could be converted into a fit place place for dosha has been utilised, and with it all the pupils are crowded too thickly for good work in the school room. Thai id rila pnnHifinn avi?fin? this year, and it will be worse next year. With this prospect ahead of them and knowing full well that the school plant can not meet the needs, the trustees of the school have decided to call a mass meeting of the citisens and parents in the district to discuss ways and means of remedying the situation. At this meeting, which will he held one night next week, the trustees want to have frank and open expressions on what the people think to be the best way to meet the situation. It will be an open meet ing, and called especially for the pur pose of securing an expression from the people. The exact date of the mass meeting has not yet been determined, but , as soon as the date is fixed, printed hand bills will announce the fact, j and all will be given sufficient notice. It will be held In the Majestic Then- | ter, probably.. Since the Ahoslde school exists by , special charter, it can limit attend- . a nee to those living within the dis- : trict. However, until the present j time the trustees have not barred any from attending as there ore many \ families without the district who live nearer this school than other public ? schools. A few have been denied ad mission, but only after they failed to measure up to the time require ments for admission. An fkn hanH it. haw noome that the diatrict boundaries are too ( narrow. In some place*, it does not -reach to the boundaries of the near- ( est public school. One plan advanced is to extend the boundaries, include more properties for taxation purposes j and allow these children to attend without tuition and under the same ] terms as those whose parents reside ( in the present district and pay taxes , for the support. Not even all Ahoekie town property j is included in th* district, two lead- , ins manufacturing enterprises being , without the boundaries. If the limits ; are extended, it would-enable the dis- j trict to take care of an expenditure , by bonds or otherwise for the coo- , struction of additional facilities with- , out any extra burden upon those who have helped to b?Bd and maintain , the school here. , These are the only two' apparent , plans by which the school situation , can be cleared up. Attendance must j be restricted, or the boundaries ex- , tended and a bond issue floated for further additions, sey those in touch with the working of the 'school here. The mass meeting next week is ex pected to amicably settle upon some < plan. It is none too early to malm ; ] some diectsion, for, If aeW additions ] are to be made, work shopld begin In , the early spring. | i j A ton of poifc from ons litter of ; pigs ean be produced at seven months , of ads if the pigs are raised undef j sanitary surroundings and fed prop erty, say livestock workers of the agriculture CSknstpn servict- lj TWO ADJOINING TOWNS READY TO BUY CURRENT PowelUville And Colerain Ex pected to Uae Electric Power From Ahoekie Plans for furnishing electric cur rent to towns in Hertford and Ber tie counties have reached that stage where at least two contracts may be signed within a week, to be followed by immediate work on the construc tion of poles and line. A committee has been appointed at Powellsville with full authority to sign the con tract as presented by the town g? J Ahoskie. Harry B. Spear, consulting engi neers, are presenting the contract and figuring on the work of construction, i They have worked out a plan by | which Powelaville can easily pay for i its transmission lines within three t years after installation, from the t profits accruing from the savings in light bills. The people of that town , are very enthusiastic over the prop- f osition, and expect to be getting ( power from (he Ahoskie plant some , time in April. Still further down the line, at Cole- , rain, the citisens of that town and , the consulting engineers have about ( reached an agreement, and the con- , tract with Ahoskie may soon be clos- ] ed. Mr. Spear says his force can in- j stall the lines complete, ready for turning on current, within six weeks after the contract is signed. Already sufficient kilowatts have ' been signed up by Colerain persons to justify the expenditure for the trans mission line, and the specifications . under which Coiefain is working would guarantee the payment of the j sum for construction within five years j after the current was turned on. The contract with Ahoskie covers a period of ten years. . 1 A. T. Raker, nradiknt <t? tha Rnn. ' ning Manufacturing Company, haa agreed to giro the Powellarille people a ? rigfcj-of-way entirely free of charge. The poles will be erected alongside the Wellington & Powells rile Railroad from Ahoskie to Pow ellsville. Mr. Baker voluntarily made this offer when he learned of the contract about to be signed. Murfreesboro and Winton are both interested in the plan for distribution of electric current from Ahoskie, and meeting have already been held for the purpose of discussing the matter. Bad roads have hindered the nego tiations during the last few weeks, however, it will now be only a short time before actual work will begin on some of the lines, and when all of the towns have been presented with the very equitable plan of opera tion, they are expected to become an intergral part of the network of transmission lines, extending from the efficient lighting plant of Ahoskie. 1922 COTTON CROP SHOWS AN INCREASE __ ? Preliminary reports on 1922 cot- t ton production in Hertford County * places the number bales at 9,560, or * sn increase of 24 per cent over the h 1921 crop. The report, which covers '! ?very county in the State'says "The * 1922 cotton crop as reported shows s considerable increase above the d crop expected last summer." Although this county produced ti more pounds' of lint cotton to the * sere than the average county in the 0 State, it does not compare at ell fay- ' jrably with one of its sister counties, * Northampton. This county's average 6 is the same as that of Bertie, and i more than Gates. The figures are: " Hertford 280 pounds; Bertie, '280; b Northampton, SSO; Gates, 240; state e iverage 264. There ware 16,280 * scree of cotton planted to cotton in e this County last year. t Northampton County Tanks third ia ? the State in yield of lint cotton per sera last year. Johnston is the ban b nor county With 841 pounds to the 1 sere; Northampton produced 880 t pounds. Harnett County takes see- I ?nd place with 388 pounds. b ATTENDS FUNERAL Mrs. P. S. Vann and Mrs. Anna furntey of Chowan College, spent " last Sunday night In the home of Mrs. t Dora Curtis They left on the early f filming train for Lynchburg, Vs., d where they attehded the funeral of * their brother, Fred Alley. Mr. P. 3. Vann accompanied them here Sun day and returned to Murfreesboro J Monday morning. ? o Good music helps to make a good h COMPROMISE MADE ON SHIPPING BILL CommissionAppointed toStudy Plans and Present to General Assembly HOUSE CHANGES ITS VOTE ON K. K. K. BILL Governor Morrison's dream of port facilities and state owned shipping lines received a setback when it came for a vote in the Senate last week. The substitute bill providing for a commission to investigate and report to the legislature, and also carrying with it a $26,000 appropriation for the investigation work was passed by the Senate and accepted by the Governor. On Tuesday of this week the House passed the Senate substi tute on its first reading. Several of the more important bills cai*rying with them appropriations For state institutions await the re port of an auditing Arm, employed to audit the books of the State. There is prospect of the legislature tdjourning for a short time, until the uiditors can submit their report. No leAnite action has been taken, but it nay become necessary for a recess before the important appropriation bills can be considered. The substitute bill prohibiting the lecrecy of names in fraternal organi lations and requiring members to pvear no masks, known as the Milliken Vnti-Ku Kluz Bill passed the House Tuesday night, by vote of 70 to 42. Representative Martin of Plymouth nade a strong speech attacking the >111. Lloyd J. Lawrence, Hertford Representative, voted against the bill. Other important bills set for spec al order this week are: bill making State laws conform with Volstead Vet; bill providing for the reclama ion of the "Lost Provinces" of , the Vest by construction of railroad; Siles Farm, Loan Bill. All are set for iction today, Thursday. Althoug practically 700 bill* have >een offered in both brances of the egislature but little more than 100 tave become law through ratification, ifany, however, have been passed his week, most of which include local emulations. The only state-wide ' neasure of any importance to pass K>th houses and be ratified was the >ct increasing the trustees of State College from 10 to 60, and provide or their appointment by the legiida ure. Limiting the number of re ales of mortgage property is also irovided in a bill passed this week. Among some of the new bills af ecting the state as a whole and of sore or less importance are: to reate North Carolina Shipping Com nission; to allow state to take over forth Carolina Agricultural Fair; to llow druggists only to sell medicines or veneral diseases; to require man ifacturers of proprietary medicines ? have their product approved before Mowing general merchandise stores 0 offer them for sale; and to ahol ih the privy examination of women it contracts and instruments of cfn eyancee. While the legislature has been ragging along on minor bills, the nvestigating committee delved into he controversy between Edwards A Iroughton and the State Department f Printing has completed its job iter several days examination of fitnesses on eaeh side. The inve?ti ation of the State Sanitorium will ?t under way this week. Several no re or less serious charges have een made against Dr. L. B. McBrny r, bead of the institution and he b aid to court an investigation. Anoth t investigation may soon start into he aff^rs of the North Carolina foofogical Survey. '* "**-? I Representative Lawrence's bill for eMer government has passed the 1 suae and la now awaiting action in ho Senate. No other bills affecting lertford County or any sub-division ave boon offered during the week. LEAVES FOR NORFOLK % Miss Lena Moore Rawles left Wed esday for Norfolk. She will erpcr raining at the Sarah Leigh Hospjtal or training as a nurse. She is the laughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. tawles. Hog cholera soeite to come in h?n ear periods, say extension workers i the State College and Department f Agriculture. The period is now tere in North Carolina and the herds mst bs watched after. _ . v* ? PLEfhTY OF TALK ? ? BUT FEW VOTES * ? ? * Plenty of talk an4 little or ao * * voting bat followed the an- * " nouncoment that Ahotkia would * * lend a 'Queen' to the Eastern * * Carolina Exposition in Wilson * * next esonth. Only three votes * * had been cast up to Wednesday * * night of this week, although in. ? * Wrest in the contest has been * * widely distributed in the town * * and community. Most of tthe * * voters are waiting to see "who * * they are voting for" before they ? * are willing to risk their judg- * * asont. ? * The trio casting ballots aeoom- * * panied them with "I know slte'l) * * win." That is the way plenty of * * others are feeling about their * * favorites, hut they are a'ppar- * * eatly waiting until nearer the * * close of the contest when a sort * * of whirlwind finish will put their ? * candidate over. * * The lady who wins will not * , * only get the free trip to Wilson, * * but on Thursday night of the * * exposition she will be a member * * of the honor guests who will * * occupy the stage of the big audi- * * torium. Each contestant will ho * * introduced to the vast audience, ? * and baHotswill be distributed * * far a vote on the Queen of * * Queens in Eastern Carolina. * * Other towns .have already enter- * * the contest. * * Only those votes mailed and * * brought to the HERALD office * * and accompanied by the name of * * the voter will he count?d in the * * contest? here is a coupon in * i * aach issue of the paper for those * * wishing to vote, and thare is ao * * restriction on who shall -vote, * * men, women, and children being * * allowed to name their choice. * * Early voting will help this of- * * fiee in heaping a record, and pub- * * lication of the vote will stimulate * * interest. In order to got plenty ? * action in the contest, got your * * vote in before next Wednesday, * * and watch for the standing of * * the contestants. * * Votes cast include: X for Miss * * Nancy Howard, and 1 for Mrs. * * James S. Vinson ( Mr. Vinson ? * did not cast the vote.) * WASTE LAND PASTURES IN EASTERN CAROLINA Wilmington, February 14.?The many acree of waste or rough land in eastern Carolina that are not now giving the owners any cash returns I may be put into pastures that will yield revenue in the form of grasing during eight months in the year ac tprding to El W. Caither, district igent for the agricultural Extension service and with headquarters here Mr. Gaither states that it is these acres which should be made the basis for the coming livestock industry of this section. To prepare this pasture, he says, 'The grass and weeds should be burn ed off in February and from three to six pounds of carpet grass, two to live pounds of Dallas Grass and ten a twenty pounds of lespedoza seed per acre scattered on this burned over land, between February 15th, and April 1st. No further preparation of the soil or covering of the seed is ] needed. Then as soon as the native Crass begins to show green turn enough cattle on the seeded lands to keep the young native grass eaten dose and a good pasture will result During the first year the lespedsa will make good grasing from the first or middle of June until frost. The car pet grass and Dallas grass will not make a great showing the first 'year but will cover the ground during the lecond to third year and will last in ieflnitely. These two grasses will ;rowd oat practically all other grasses ind weeds within three years." l(r. Gaither states that all three of these pasture crops will re seed themselves from year to year and the :wo grasses will remain green for the crester part of the winter in most >f the Eastern part of the state. In case the pasture lend is needed for- cultivation, there will he a very little trouble in getting rid of the The mixture advocated by Mr. Gaither will do better on good lead than on poor, but, it has the advan tage of doing well on all kinds of land, from poor, light sandy soil to heavy, wet, bottom land and yields better returns than nny other mix ture used in this section up to this toe ROAD BOARD SEEKS A JOINT SESSION WITH COMMISSIONERS TO ARRANGE FOR . LARGER FUND TO GRAVE MORE ROADS Will Ask Commissioners Foi Money With Whch to Gravel Main Throug hf ares in The County WILL SPEND MONEY TO PURCHASE GRAVEL Orders Harrellsville - Cofield Road Graveled and "Parks" All Mack Trucks WHAT THE ROAD BOARD DID Voted to gravel llu HarreUe villa-CofioU rood, ot as esti mated cost of $?,OOA#r $10,000. Dispeosed with oast regular meeting end asked for a joint see*ion with the county commis sioners on March 5, at one o'clock. The purpose of the meeting to arrange for more funds from the bond sale during the wring and summer months ?f 1023. Ordered discontinuance of Mack trucks. Approved pay rolls against the against the road administration. Approximately $10,000 will be ex pended for graveling the Harrellsville Cofield road, and work' will begin just as soon as the gravel can be load ed and freighted to Cofield. Super intendent Hines says he is ready to begin work when the gravel arrives, and will complete the job within short order. This was one of the steps taken by the road commissioners in regular session at Winton Monday. Another action that may start something in road building (for permanency) was the motion unanimously carried by five members present, to dispense with the meeting scheduled for Feb ruary 26, and instead meet in joint session with the county commission ers on the first Monday in March, for the avowed purpose of securing some method by whidh more than the regu lar $10,000 monthly allotment can accrue to the road administration during the spring and summer months of 1028. The central theme of every board member was permanent roads at the least cost out of the remainder of the half--million dollar bond issue; and all were agreed that the county must expend some money for gravel that wiln hold, rather than using any kind that comes to hand. Harrellsville and Ahoskie townships neither have any approved gravel nor are they within reasonable hauling distance ef the <and pits in Murfreesboro township, i portion of St. Johns Township can >e supplied by the Murfreesboro pits, *nd so can Winton, while Murfrees boro and Maneys Neck are both well mpplied with the surface gravel. Gravel for use in Harrellsville, Ahoskie, and part of Winton town ihip will be shipped in over the At antic Coast line Railroad, and will jrobably be secured from Gumberry (ravel pits, the same source from which Ahoskie township secured [ravel to surface the Frazier's Cross Boads section. There are about six ind a half miles of road to be grav sled from Cofield to Harrellsville, and t will be paced on a road that has not >een opened for regular tralfice since he road force completed the drain tge and road bed. this will be the >nly road in the county to receive a complete gravel surface from the pro ceeds of the bond issue. The short lection leading out of Ahoskie was mrfaced from the surplus funds in he township treasury when the road td ministration was placed under :ounty unit. Rnf the me/t hnard is determined feat this will not be the last, nor wffl t be the only one graveled during hie year. Next fat importance, think* he board, it the Murfreesboro-Como ?oad. However, definite action was lot taken since the State is holding >ut some slight hopes that it may sake it over .as a part of the State Highway system. Since neither of hese townships, Harrellsville and tfancys Neck, can hope to get any part of the state highway, giving hem no outlet to the county seat and iir the case of Hyrellsville no high ray for mail carrier or hauling freight, Hie board was of the opinion hat these two roads should receive he first surfacing process. Other roads mentioned as needing surfacing; and making permanent were the Aho?kie-St. Johns section connecting with the state highway, the Ahoskie-Murfreesboro highway, and a highway from Ahoskie to Har rellsviUe,creating a connecting link for Bertie county as well as the Har rellsville section. This road is used ' extensively during the marketing sea son, and is among the most traveled within the county. It is very im portant to tobacco growers of the county, and to farmers living along the Harrallsville road. Although there was some debate on ordering the Colleld - Harrellsville road graveled, the commissioner* exhibited a "give and take" attitude, and showed signs of more harmony and unity than at any time since the new members took office. It now seems that old board of eounty commissioners will hear more about its action in selling all the road bonds. Not that the business of making the sale is going to receive any knocks, but the terms under which sold will come in for some criti cism when the road board meets with the commissioners March 6th. Not that the road board is going there to criticise, but when they make a idea for more funds with which to build roads, the action of the former board is going to prove a barrier and an obstacle. What will culiminate- from the meeting and whether the additional funds will be granted probably de pends largely upon the terms the commissioners can make for antici pating the monthly payments and dis counting them, in order to get money when it is needed. It is little expected that any of the commission ers will be opposed to the idea of graveling the roads, and spending enough money on them to assure per manency on the main thoroughfares in as short time as possible. The one question that may be knotty is mak ing equitable terms with bond pur chasers. There is at least bright prospects of Hertford County receiving some lasting benefits from the bond issue, if the program of the board can be carried through. In an effort to reduce the overhead expenses of the road forces during the winter months, Superintendent Hines was ordered to discontinue the use of the expensive Mack trucks, and use in their stead mules. The Super intendent said he had already put them up for winter quarters, and, like some of the commissioners, he be lieved mules and wagons were cheap er and more effective than the trucks. Besides attending to other minor matters, and approving payrolls and bills, the board took no other impor tant action last Monday. HUGH C. HORTON MAKING GOODj APPOINTED MAYOR Attorney Hugh G. Horton, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Horton of Ahoskie, has been appointed mayor of Wil liamston. He is practicing law there, being junior partner of the firm of Dunning, Moore A Horton. A few months ago the HERALD told of how young Horton had successfully passed the bar examination, and predicted success for him in his profession. The Williamston Enterprise pub lished at Attorney Horton's adopted town has this to say about this Hert ford County product: "Mr. Horton has not lived in Wil liamston but a few years, but he was selected by the city fathers to fill the important office of mayor after much consideration because of his strict adherence to the principles of right and his unusual ability. "Mr. Horton finished law at the summer school at Wake Forest Col lege last summer and entered the firm of Dunping and Modre, where he is steadily gaining the esteem and con fidence of the people." SLEET PLAYS HAVOC WITH TELEPHONE WIRES The heavy sleet 0f last week put several linen out of commission and service to several of the nearby towns was out of question for a few - days. On Monday of this wseH the phone wires were down for several hundred yards between Winton and Murfreeeboro. Road forces and bridge builders on that highway have kept the lines out of commission much of the time during the MB.
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