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Volume XIII. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, April 20, 1923 "One Section No. 50
CRIMINAL DOCKET
MAY CONSUME ALL
OF WEEK'S COURT
Judge Frank Daniels Presiding
Over Two Week's Term Of
Hertford County Superior
Court
DEPLORES TENDENCY
TO NAG AT COURTS
Northampton County Habeas
Corpus Proceedings Takes
Up First Day
With the grand jury work
ing overtime, many criminal
cases brought over from the
February term, and a. murder
trial in progress, finishing the
criminal docket of the Hert
ford County Superior Court in
the three days allotted to it has
already become a hopeless
task. Court opened Monday
morning just prior to noon,
Judge Frank Daniels presiding.
The grand jury was sworn in,
with B. Ferguson of Como
foreman, and the judge's
charge made before adjourn
ment for the noon hour.
Judge Daniels entirely omit
ted any explanation of . the
statutes in his charge to the
jury, dedicating a large part of
it to an exhortation on the re
quisites of a grand jury, and
impressing upon the jury the
eternal principles of justice
upon which they were delegat
ed to pass. He defined the
three necessary qualifications
of a juror as bi jig the pay
. . . merit of taxes for the support
of society, good morals, and
reasonable intelligence, "not
so much book learning but
common, ordinary intelli
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ov..ww.
"College training and knowledge of
book*, no doubt, provide a baae for
higher intelligence and better under
standing, but it ia not absolutely es
sential to the intelligence require
ment," said Judge Daniels. The jur
ist did not offer any consolation to
those who howl about paying taxes,
and told the jurymen that no person
who was unwilling to help sdpport
government and good order was a
good citisen, for he said, it required
finances to operate any agency for
good.
He decried the tendency among
some to shirk the duty of providing
funds to support organised society.
"Gentlemen, did you ever know of
some church member who, although a
christian, shirked his responsibility
when it came to giving money to sup
port the church? You have'all known
of such persons. It is this kind of
person about whom I am talking."
Judge Daniels was drawing an ana
logy between the church member and
the person who was enjoying good
government, both of whom were
shirkers and did not know the full
meaning of citizenship.
In morals, a grand jury member
should be the county's best, Judge
Daniels told the eighteen men who sat
in the jury box. "Respect for law
and order are synonomous with the
requisites for service on the jury of
Hertford County," said Judge Dan
iels. "Let's sit together and make
Hertford County the best county in
the whole United States."
Judge Daniels referred to the
liquor law violations, and charged the
jury to exert every diligence in stop
ping the wholesale infractions of this
law.
He also paid tribute to the heroes
of wars, calling attention to the tab
' lets and statues erected to their mem
ory throughout the country, ending
* Ids reference to this phase of his
charge with an appeal for support to
the movement now on foot to erect
a memorial tablet at Winton in com
memoration of the Hertford County
dead In the World War.
"If I thought the courts of this
State were as worthless as some
people accuse them of being, and if
they accomplished no mors than the
persistent critieiser said they did, I
would resign my place and go back
(Continued on page g)
ORGANIZATION MEETING IS
CALLED FOR ASSOCIATION
Stockholders In Building And
Loan To Elect Directors
Friday Afternoon
Stockholders of the Hertford
County Building & Loan Asso
ciation have been called to
meet m Richard Theater, Ahos
kie, Friday afternoon, April
20, at 4 o'clock. By-laws and
constitution will be presented
for adoption, and directors
elected at the meeting, thus
perfecting a permanent organi
1 zation.
The committee appointed to solicit
stock to the initial series has done .
Some noble work within the past
week, and so great has been the re
sponse, .to the movement that addi
tional subscription cards were print
ed. Every single person who has
subscribed to stock should attend the ,
meeting and see that proper directors
are elected to guide the new associa
ciation. Upon the directorate de- 1
volves tbe business of making the I
building and loan a successful organ- ]
Ixation.
More than 880 shares have
already been subscribed to the
first series, and by meeting time j
Friday at least 800 shares'will he
taken. In order to givo ample
opportunity for non-subscribers
to take stock and help elect di
rectors for the organisation, the
meeting will he open to all inter
ested, although only , stockholders
will be allowed votes. The hooks
will probably remain open for
a feW days to receive further
subscriptions. However, it will
be for only a limited time; ,
and those who do not get shares
in this series will have to wait |
until another series is opened.
The scope of the organisation is 1
county wide; and subscribers from '
other towns and communities will be i
sought. Opportunity will be given i
them to join in the movement, and ]
persons from Winton and Murfrees- 1
boro, as well as other communities I
will be welcomed into the organisa- i
tion. <
DEMOCRATIC CLUB
WILL BE ORGANIZED <
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Hon. W. R. Johnson Appointed
To Presidency Of Organize- t
tion Planned Here i
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Hon. W. R. Johnson, whose faith I
in the tenets of the Party of Jefferson <
is deep rooted and who is one of the 1
Democrat Party's wheel-horse organi- i
zers and orators, has been appointed i
to organise a National Democratic 1
Victory Club in Ahoskie. Nineteen .
of these clubs have already been or- i
ganized in the State, and many oth- i
era are in formation. \
Ahoskie's Victory Club is just now *
in the formative stage, but it does not 1
expect to be there long, according to
Mr. Johnson, who has been appointed '
to the presidency. Outlines of the '
plan of organization have been care- ]
fully scrutinized by him, and he has
made tentative plans for the early 1
organization.
Under the plan announced by '
Chairman Qordell Hull, of the Dem- '
ocratic National Committee, members '
will be enrolled to the Victory Clubs '
for a twelve-months period, the year
ly membership to be $6. Through
these Clubs local work for the Party
will be done, while at the same time '
funds would be available for carrying '
on the work of the campaign commit- 1
tee in the 1924 election.
TAX LISTERS ARE
NOW APPOINTED
County Tax Supervisor W. A.
Thomas, of Cofleld, has announced
his assistants in the six townships of
the County. These men will begin :
the work of taking lists in their var
ious townships immediately following
the next meeting of the county com
missioners, which comes on May 7,
when the tax list books will be turned
over to them.
The appointments made are as fol
lows: Ahoskie township, W. T.
Forbes; Harrellsville township, W. E.
Cullena; Maneys Neck township, G.
C. Pi cot; Wlnton township, W. L.
Matthews; St. Johns township, T. N.
Charles; Murfreeeboro township, E.
N. Evans.
Work Of Eradicating Tick In
County Soon Ready To Start
Local State Inspectors Have Been Appointed In Sin Townships
Of The County, And Federal Department Representative
Is Here Directing Work Of Erecting Dipping Vats
Eradicating the tick from cattle and horses of Hertford
County having been ordered by the State of North Carolina,
through its last General Assembly, the business of erecting
dipping vats, and making arrangements for the administration
of the law is becoming one of tfflfcounty's largest pieces of busi
ness. Mr. Stevenson, of the Federal Department of Agriculture,
who is directing the work in zone one of the tick infested area,
has been in this county during tht last week or ten days, super
intending the location of vats, and giving instructions about their
erection.
There are nineteen counties in North Carolina that are
tick infested, and the law which was passed in the last Legisla
ture, provides for these counties being divided into three zones.
Hertford is in the first zone which also includes Gertie, Gates,
Perquimans, Camden and Currituck. The tick eradication
program began jn this zone March 1, these six being the first
to reap the rewards of the new law.
There will be forty dipping vats erected in the county,
seven of which are to he in Ahoskie township. Local state in
spectors, provided for by the new law, have been appointed in
all of the six townships of the county > and are as follows: Ahos
kie township, W. P. Brewer; Harrellsville township, W. E. Cul
lens; St. Johns township, P. J. Vaughan; Winton township, W.
M. Jordan; Murfreesboro township, Fred Parker; Maneys Neck
township, F. T. Railey. These men will see to it that the cattle
and horses in the county are properly dipped and the provisions
Df the law caried out.
The tick eradication law as passed by the last General
Assembly, is as follows:
U Act T? Provdie For Tick Eradi
cation In North Carolina
The General Assembly of North Car
lina do enact:
Soctionl. That systematic dipping
of all cattle or horses infested with or
exposed to the cattle tick shall be
taken up in all counties or portions of
counties that shall at any time be
found partially or completely infested
with the cattle tick, under the direct
ion of the State Veteriniarlan, acting
under the authority as hereinafter
provided in this act, and as provided
in all the other laws and parts of
laws of North Carolina, and the Live
stock Sanitary Laws and Regulations
if the State Board of Agriculture, not
in conflict with this act.
8ection2. For the purpose of this|
ict and to efficiently conduct system
atic tick eradication in cooperation
with the United States Department of
Agriculture, in the area under quar
ine, on account of the cattle tick, said
area shall be divided into three zones,
as follows: Zone one shall embrace!
the counties of Bertie, Hertford,'
Sates, Perquimans, Camden, and Cor-1
rituck; zone two, the counties ofj
Martin, Washington, Tyrrell, Dare,
Beaufort, and Hyde; and zone three,;
the counties of Craveft, Pamlico,
lones, Cartteret, Onslow, Brunswick,
and Columbus. The work of syste
matic tick eradication shall be taken
up in zone one on March first, nine
teen hundred and twenty-three; in
cone two on January first, nineteen,
hundred and. twenty-four, and (in
cone three on January ft ret, nineteen
hundred and tWentl-five, as herein
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(>iutiu?Ui a. avsvssa^is, turn til*
Veterinarian may, upon the written
request of the board of county com
missioners of any county, in said
cones two and three, take up the work
of systematic tick eradication in said
counties at an earlier date than herein1
provided. When the work is so taken
up it shall be conducted to comple
tion, as hereinafter provided.
Section 3. If it shall be determined
by the State Veterinarian or an!
authorized quarantine inspector that
any county or counties not embraced
in said zones, one,two, and three shall
be partially or completely infested
with the cattle tick, the county com
missioners of said county which the
partially or completely infested with
the cattle tick, shall immediately take
up the work of systematic tick eradi
cation as hereinafter provided, and
continue same until the cattle tick
is completely eradicated, and notice in
writing of same is given by the State
Veterinarian.
Section 4. The county commission
ers of the aforesaid counties shall
provide such numbers of dipping vats
as may be Axed by the State Veteri
narian or .his authorised representa
tives, and provide the proper chemi
cals and other materials necessary to
be used in the work of systematic
tick eradication in such counties,
which shall begin on said dates and
continue until the cattle tick is com
pletely eradicated, and notice in
writing of same is given by the State
Veterinarian. The cost of said vats
and chemicals, or any other items in
curred in carrying out the provisions
of this act, except sections five and
nine, shall be paid out of the general
county fund.
Section 5. The State Veterinarian
shall appoint the necessary number of
local State inspectors to assist in sys
tematic tick eradication, who shall be
commissioned by the Commissioner of
Agriculture as quarantine inspectors.
The salaries of said inspectors shall
be fixed by the State Veterinarian,
and shall be sufficient to insure the
employment of competent men. If
the services of any of said inspectors
is not satisfactory to the State Vet
ernarian his services shall immed
iately be discontinued, and his com
missions cancelled. For the purpose
of paying the salaries of said State
inspectors, a sum not to exceed
$50,000,00 annually is hereby ap
propriated.
Section 6. If the county commis
sioners shall fail, refuse, or neglect
to comply with the provisions of this
act, the State Veterinarian shall ap
ply to any court of competent juris
diction for a writ of mandamus, or
shall institute such other proceedings
as may be necessary and proper to
compel such county commissioners to
comply with the provisions of this
act.
Section 1. Any person, or persons,
firms or corporations, owning or hav
ing in charge any cattle, horses, or
mules in any county where tick eradi
cation shall be taken uu. or is in
progress under existing laws, on noti-l
ftcation by any quarantine inspector
to do so, fiave such cattle, horses, or
mules dipped regularly every fourteen
days in a vat properly charged with
arsenical solution, as recommended
by the United States Bureau of Ani
mal Industry, under the supervision
of said inspector, at such times and
place and in such manner as may be
designated by the quarintine inspec
tor. The dipping period shall be con
tinued as long as may be required by
the rules and regulations of the State
Board of Agriculture, which shall be
sufficient in number and length of
time to completely desroy and eradi
cate all cattle ticks in such county or
counties.
Section 8. Quarantine and dipping
notice for cattle, horses, and mules,
the owner or owners of which cannot
be found, shall be served by posting
copy of such notice in not less than
three public places within the county,
one of which shall be placed at the
county courthouse. Such posting
shall be due and legal notice.
Section 8. Cattle, horses, or mules
infested with or exposed to the cattle
tick, the owner or owners of which,
after five days written notice from a
quarintine inspector, or such animals
as are provided for in section eight,
shall fail or refuse to dip such animals
regularly every fourteen days in a vat
properly charged with arsenical solu
tion, as recommended by the United
(Continued on P?fe <)
AHOSKIE MINISTER TJU KS
ON THRIFT IN BUSINESS
Rev. E. J. Isenhower Believes
Church People Should Pro
mote Town's Interests
Declaring that the interests of the
Ahoskie Baptist church and of every
other church in the town of Ahoskie
was inseparably bound up with the
progress of the municipality and com
munity in which located, Rev. E. JT
Isenhower, pastor of the church, last
Sunday morning preached to his con
gregation on the subject of "Thrift,"
urging his hearers to be thrifty in
material things as well as in moral
and religious endeavors.
He prefaced his talk by saying that
he had been requested to preach upon
that subject, at the same time feeling
it to be a worth while subject upon
which to talk before a religious gath
ering. "You may call it a talk, a ser
mon, or anything you may like," said
Reverend Isenhower. "Whatever you
may think it to be, I am sincere in
believing thrift in all things is in line
with the teachings of the Bible, and I
urge it'upon you."
He said he belived the people of the
church should be vitally interested
and concerned with the moral affairs
of Ahoskie. He thought the church
should promote those things which
tend to help morality, and should
frown upon and help to drive out de
moralizing influences, such as the
public dance and whiskey trafficking
and drinking. He cited an instance
of an Ahoskie person seen last week
on the streets under the influence of
liquor.
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ah matters uuuiiq; tu euocauon,
he was firm in the belief that the
church people ahould work for ad
vancement. "Intelligence in church
administration mudt ultimately be
derived from tbe training provided
within the school, and in the propor
tion the church is to have this intelli
gent administration it must lend its
influence to improving school condi
tions. Other agencies working for
general enlightenment should also re
ceive support from the church."
Pastor Isenhower then cited to his
people the work being undertaken by
the local Chamber of Comjnerce, an
organization, he thought, should have
the backing from all those interested
in the better welfare of the town.
He stressed the need of local per
sons to unloose the reins of their nig
gardly purses, pool their resources,
and promote interests calculated to
add to the material resources of the
town and community. For, he said,
material progress of Ahoskie means
better churches, better schools, and a
general improvement of all those
agencies making for better citizen
ship.
Particular attention was called to
the formation of a building and loan
association, an organization which
was commended to every member' of
the church. Through it, he said,
homes could be built, churches aided,
schools enlarged, and. industries
brought to town. The organization
of a Boy Scout Troop in Ahoskie,
another Chamber of Commerce move
ment, was also commended, and co
operation urged. *
HERTFORD COUNTY
TO HAVE A FAIR
Upoa the third attempt to se
cure a quorum of the stockhold
er! of the Hartford County Fair
Associatioa, a meeting was hold
last Monday at Winton, just
prior to the convening of super
ior court. It required aa hour
or more to round up enough
stock to transact business.
Discussion of tha life or death
of a fair for Hertford County
finally resulted in a motion to
continue the fair for 1*23, and,
if poiilhlt, to mII moro stock
and place the organisation on a
firmer footing. A report of the
secretary-treasurer shewed ' a
slight profit out of the 1922 fair.
The Association has either brok
en even or made a small profit
each year during its life, with the
notable oneeption of 1921, win
it lost several thousand dollars.
The deficit is new being carried
by a note.
All of the old officers were re
dacted at the meeting Monday,
and instructions given to the
directors to make plane for the
fair to he held this fall some
time. j
COUNTY TO STAGE
COMMENCEMENT ON
THURSDAY, MAY 3 .
Superintendent Britton's Office
Makes Announcement of
Annual Contests Between '
Schools
invitation given
FOR PARTICIPATION
Plan of Elimination Includes
Township Program; Certi
cates Awarded
Hertford County is to enjoy
another county school com
mencement. N. W. Britton,
County Superintendent, and
Miss Mary Williams, Rural
Supervisor, have just issued the
formal announcement, giving
an outline of the contests to be
put on for the day, and sug
gesting a method of elimination
for the schools that are expect
ed to participate.
An invitation has been ex
tended to every school in the
county to participate, and none
will probably pass up the op
portunity. The commence
ment will be held in Winton,
Thursday, May 3, beginning at
10 o'clock A. M. The follow
ing announcement has been is
sued from the office of County
Superintendent.
"The county commencement will
he at Winton in the high school *
building on Thursday, May 3, be
ginning at 10:80 o'clock.
"As the name implies it will be
a county affair, all the white schools
of the county having been invited to
participate and nearly all are plan
ning to take part
"The exercises of the day will con
sist of contests of various kinds; such
as, declamations, recitations, story
telling, reading and athletics.
"There will be placed on exibition
from each township in the county the
best specimens of penmanship, draw
ing, paper cutting, illustrated story, '
original story, maps, sewing, knit
ting, crocheting, embroidery and
woolt work.
"Our plan is that each school enter
a contest to ascertain who the win
ners are in the above subjects, then
the winners in each school contest
meet in a township contest in their
respective townships and likewise the
winners in the various township con-*
tests meet at the county commence
ment for a final contest.
"All the seventh grade pupils who
pass the seventh grade examination
will receive their certificates at the
commencement.
"The public is cordially invited to
attend all the contest, school, town
ship and county and especially the
exercises of commencement on the
3rd of May at Winton.
N. W. BRITTON,
County Superintendent.
MARY WILLIAMS, Rural Supervisor
WILL SETTLE CASE
STREET OPENING
An attempt will be made at a spec
ial session of the town council Friday
night to settle the case of R. 1.
Baker estate against the town of
Ahoskie, in the matter of price to be
paid for property adjoining the A. C.
L. Railroad to be used for street pur
poses. When the property was con
demned a few years ago, Mr. Baker
who was then living appealed from
the decision of the appraisers, who
awarded him $1200.
Pembroke Baker, administrator,
and other heirs of the estate are now
willing to attempt settlement without
going to court. The case is set for
next Tuesday, but attorneys have
been asked to defer action pending
the outcome of Friday night's meet
ing of the council.
The council is still wrestling with
the electric current proposition in
Ahoskie. Interests here are seeking
day current with which to operate,
and the council is seeking to orange
terms for 24-hour service that will
guarantee full operation.
The pen may be mightier than the
sword but France doesn't beleve it |