SB Hertford County Herald pB] A PAPER WORTH WHILE ?/ ^ J Volume XIV. Eight Pages Ahotkie, Worth Carolina, Friday, June 22, 1923 One Section IyoTT New Railroad By Gimps Is Headed This Direction Franklin St Carolina Is Name | of Proposed Road Which WU1 Be Built Out of Frank lin, Va., to North Carolina Line, Thence to Murfrees boro via Ahoskie to Wil liamston, At a Later Date. Will Be Passenger And Freight Line In Addition To Serving Camp Manufactur ing Company List Friday's issue of the Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch told of the incorporation of the Franklin & Carolina Railroad Company, a corporation that will construct a railroad from Franklin, Va., to the North Carolina line and thence through a portion of Hertford County to Williamston in Mar tin County. Owners and incor porators - * * panjr mentioned in the HERALD * * a* ssvihrs of the county'* treat- * * ury two weeks ago played the * * fiddle at Winton Monday to tke * * tune of agreeing to loan the * * county ten thousand dollars, for * * which to pay tbe*co*t of.erecting * * dipping rati. While in no wise * * did the county commissioners * * sanction the expensive business * * of dipping vats, the hoard did not * * lose any time in getting them * * ready for operation by the state. * * and federal departments of agri- * * culture, animal husbandry divis- * * ion. i ? * The eats were turned over for * * operation Monday, the commit- * * tionert made arrangements to ? * borrow the money for their * * erection, and from henceforth * * dipping cattle in this county will * * not be a further drain upon the * * treasury. ? I V i' | Swedish Match Company owns 60,000 acres of forests from which matchwood is obtained. ton, it would provide a direct outlet to the Norfolk-Wilmington division of the Atlantic Coast Line, Ahoskie being the junction for transfer. From a local standpoint it would mean probably rapid development of wholesale interests and other indus tries. Ahoskie would be the stepping off place for a large number of pas sengers and the transfer point for freight and express consigned to towns through which the new road would pass. GREATER ACTIVITY NOW IN BUILDING PROGRAM Two Contract* Of Importance Awarded To' Contractor Within Past Week The HERALD'S announced build ing boom for Ahoskie is beginning to take on proportions sufficient to des ignate it a real "boom." Contracts were awarded last week to D. L. Thomas for the erection of the addi tion to the A. C. L. freight station and an $8,000 brick bungalow resi dence for Dan P. Boyette, located on N. West Street. Fifty feet of enclosed ware house will be added to the north end of the present freight sta tion here, and the entire distance extending to the warehouse of . C. S. Godwin & Son will be cov ered with a platform of the same width as the warehouse. This platform will be covered. Mr. Thomas' bid was accepted from among several submitted to the railroad company two weeks ago. Work will begin on the ware house at once. Construction of the brick home for Mr. Boyette will also begin just as sooq as materials can be placed on the grounds. Contract for another handsome residence on Church street will prob ably be let within the next few weeks. This is in addition to the program of building in prospect by the Hertford County Building & Loan Association. The first loan for a home built by the association's funds will be made this week, and it will be but the signal for further home building. The association is functioning with clock like regularity now and the officers and directors Expect loans to be made regularly hereafter. John White Wins A Baseball Game It has been left to young John White, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. White, to allay the suspicions of Ahoskie oaseballites who for time immemorial have believed this town could not produce one ball player of the pure and genuine type. That he is a pitcher causes us to give him still more prominence in the niche of base ball fame?the whole world loves a first-class baseball hurler, and that's -whht this high school fellow has proven himself'to be. He has also helped to obliterate the existant feeling of "no quarters giv en" which has been somewhat of a custom between Ahoskie and Auland er. Of recent years, this spirit of high tension has abated somewhat, .until little of it was left even before our Wr. White pitched the Aulander team to victory against the railroad shop team of Rocky Mount. John White, hurling a distinctly un-Ahos kie J>rand of baseball, and carloads of local rooters whooping it up for him and the team with which he was play ing buried the remains of that dying corpse of baseball animosity. With White in the box and eight good Aulander men as supports, the Rocky Mount team was easily beaten by a score of 6 to 0. They made the round trip to Aulander just one more tme than they circled those bases for a round trip as baseball knows it. Five hits was the best they could do against White; and during the fra cas eight of thdm struck at three fast ones without getting a smell. Aulander has strengthened her team, and, with the exception of White, did it with home talent, of which it has a supply inexhaustible. "Ace" Hollowell fc back at the busi ness of running the game from behind the platter, Ray Burden has taken his old position at third base, and all of the veterans are back in the lineup saye Bide Minton, who, despite his recent lllneaa, was out on the bench clad in uniform last Tuesday. Weldon, Roanoke Rapids, and Rocky Mount have all been met by the Aulander team within the past week. TAKE MOTOR TRIP Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Vann and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts Jernigan and family. Misses Iola Wooten and Myrtle Powell, and Messrs. Claude Vann dnd Claude Greene enjoyed a motor fioat trip from Winton to Cole rain last Sunday. The trip was made on the gasoline launch owned by sev ers Ahoskie parties. ? AHOSKIE WITHOUT MOVIES AS RESULT OF HRE DAMAGES Fox News Reel Catches Fire And Results In Nine Reels Being Destroyed; Also Two Machines BARKER'S GROCERIES GET WATERY RECEPTION Theater Attendants And Hotel Roomers Make Haste To Reach Safe Point Aa a result of a lire that de stroyed both moving picture machines and the operator's booth of the Richard Theater last Friday night there will be no more picture shows in Ahos kie during the summer months. The Are also consumed nine reels of pictures entailing a loss to the producers of approxi mately $900. The estimated damage to the booth and ma chines is $1,000, with insurance amounting to $900. The fire started from the ig nition of ft film which was be ing run through the machine, and came after the main pic ture, "Driven", had been shown. There were but few persons in the house at the time, and little disorder result ed when the announcement was made from the gallery that there was a fire. Only those who had come in late remained for the Fox News, a reel of which first caught on fire. The fire had been in progress some time before the crowd was aware of any trouble, the op erators thinking it could be ex tinguished without any alarm. When it was discovered that the machines and all nine reels which were lying about the booth were in for total destruc tion; the alarm was given and but for one or two instances, (he attendants filed out quietly. Jas. I. Crawford, safety first bank er, played a similar role in escaping from the building. In his retreat from the theater, "Jas. I." made use of the fire exit at the front of the house. A mere screen door had no terrors for him, either; in fact, he did not take time to bother with the little hook that fastened the door. His sturdy right foot removed the barrier and escape was made, his lit tle boy and a few other juveniles fol lowing c.osely in his wake. George Newborn said he han no trouble at all in his retreat down the aisle. For once in all his experiences, he said, the crowd was not there to jostle .him?like the "boy on the burning deck" he looked about him to find all but him had fled. * On account of the quick combust ion resulting from the ignition of the films, flames licking out of the win dows to -the booth on the sidewalk caused outsiders to hustle for relief from' the fire departmejit. It was quickly on the scene and by liberal use of water confined the flames to the reels and machines. The win dows were broken and window frames slightly scarred. Below the booth the groceries be longing to Rev. J. J. Barker, who con ducts a delicatessen shop there, were undergoing an unwelcomed bath from the waters that were shot into the booth. Much of his stock was de stroyed. ' He had insurance ample to cover the loss. Upstairs above the theater, where the proprietors of the Colonial Hotel bed their roomers and over night guests, a coommotion that could well be likened unto the pacnic that siexes tenement house occupants when there's a destructive fir* raging was happening. Fire and water, a dis turbing combination when man lies down to inhale the gssses of Mor pheus, caused the occupants of the rooms, especially the fellow who oc cupied /the room just above, forget everything but safety for themselves and their baggage. Frank Meadows, chamber of com merce secretary, is regarded as high authority on the truthfulness of the (Continued on pace t) BRIGHT OUTLOOK AHEAD FOR THE TOBACCO MART Auction and Co-Operative Sys tems Will Have Warehouses In Ahoskie For the second consecutive season Ahoskie will have a tobacco market that offers warehouse space to auc tion floor sellers and to members of the Tobacco Growers Co-Operative Association. The prise house for merly run in connection with the brick warehouse, has been rented by the Co-OperatiVe Association, and wil be run by the orKsnized grow ers. Two of the warehouses have also been rented for auction sales this season, being the Farmers Iron Warehouse and the old Basnight warehouse. C. H. Phaup, 'veteran tobacco man, will continue sales in the iron house and Emerson Bros., who were here last year, will run the Basnight warehouse. Negotia tions are still under way to rent the large brick warehouse to tobacco warehousemen for the 1923 season. Several prospective lessees have been in Ahoskie lately, and others have been negotiating through correspon dence. No deal has yet been made. Warehouse space already rented will give tobacco growers in this ter ritory ample facilities and will offer to them a market not afforded by any other market in this section. All of the buyers who were on the market last year will return for the 1923 season, and efforts are being made to secure otherq, if possible. No date has been set for the open ing day, although an extensive pro gram of advertising is being planned by the chamber of commerce. Al ready pennants that display the sign "Sell Your Tobacco in Ahoskie" have been ordered for distribution to automobile owners. Other methods of advertising are also being mapped out by a special committee appoint ed for that purpose. In the meantime a special tobacco advertising campaign fund will be sought from the busines interests of Ahoskie. A committee has been ap pointed by the chamber of commerce to ask for contributions, anii it will be at work one day this week. Unless the tobacco crop suffers a serious setback from this date, the yield should be one of the best in years. The young tobacco is "look ing fine," says Mr. C. H. Phaup. Oth ers who have traveled through the country say the crop is in fine shape. ALL CARS TO STOP AT RAIL CROSSINGS New State Law Becomes Effect ive July 1. Signs Will Be Erected North Carolina's new law requiring all motor vehicles to come to a full stop before railroad crossings in the county as a precaution to avoid acci dents, will go into effect July 1. After this date automobile drivers must stop their cars before the grades, ascertain if a train is ap proaching and if tfee track is safe, then proceed. Railroads must have prominent signs, erected 100 feet from the crossing on the right hand side of the highway, stating in red letters: "N. C. Law. Stop!" . The law follows: "Section 1. That no person oper ating any motor vehicle on the pub lic highway shall cross, or attempt to cress, any railroad or interurban track intersecting the road at which there is a gate of" watchman (except on electric railway in aity or town or village) without first brnging said motor vehicle to a full stop at a dis tance not exceeding 60 feet from the nearest rail. That no failures so to stop however, shall be considered con tributory negligence per ae in any action against the railroad or inter urban company, for injuries of the person or property; but the facts relating to such failure to stop may be considered with the other facts in the case determining whether the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence. Section 2. That every railroad, or interurban company, operating or leasing any track intersecting n pub lic road at grade shall place a sign board to nsure warnngs of the proximity of the crossing and notice to stop said vehicle with the following lettering: 'N. C. Law, Stop!" Clean drinking water is essential for all livestock. Foul water is a good place to pi& up disease. DIP FIRST CATTLE IN COUNTY MONDAY; OPPOSITION WANES V?u Turned Over To State and Federal Authorities For Car rying Out Provisions of Law AHOSKIE STOCK IS DIPPED NEAR TOWN Federal Department Issues' Bulletin on How To Rid Cattle Effectively While county commissioners sat at Winton Monday to boorow money to pay for erecting dipping vats in Hertford County, state and federal authorities working under the divis ion of animal husbandry were using those vats for the first time, to dip Hertford County owned stock. The first dippings were done Monday at four vats in different sections of the county. Owners of stock in and around Ahoskie carried them to the vat lo cated on JT. R. Garrett's land, along side the W. ft P. Railroad, where the old brick factory once stood. W. P. Brewer, local inspector, initiated the bovine into the briny hold prepared for them. Few cattle were there to be dipped but all comers were accord ed the same treatment, and every one of them went away apparently un scathed and unharmed. The little pesky tick was about the only animal present that suffered any disastrions effects. Besides the stock owners present at the dipping, several other interest ed persons paid their first call to a dipping frolic, anent which none with in the confines of the nineteen count ies of the Northeast has net had his say. It is a popular pastime these days to gather on the farm, along the roadside, in the fields, and espec ially on the town streets upon a Sat urday afternoon and swap ideas on the dipping vat question. Some of those who had cattle dip ped Monday expressed entire satis faction with the results and admitted they were inclined to believe it to be a pretty good idea. OppositioA to dipping vats has suffered a slight set back since the actual work has begun. There is plenty of rancous talk against the law which has been "wish ed upon" those who are paying for tne JOD, DUt mat u not saying- some of it will not be dissipated as thq dip ping progresses. In this connection, the HERALD is publishing a news article sent it by the U. S. Department of Agriculture which shows how the eradication of ticks by dipping ia handled in other places. The article follows: Ranch Cleaned of Cattle Ticlu in One You "That there is a short, quick meth od of eradicating cattle ticks has been demonstrated by J. J. Welder of Victoria, Texas. Mr. Welder own ed nearly half a million acres k>f ticky range. His ranch was scattered over 6 counties in southeastern Texas. He ran nearly 60,000 head of cattle on his ranch; some of them wild as deer. When he decided to clean up his ticks, prominent cattlemen all over southeastern Texas shook their heads and said that it couldn't be done. They pointed to the failures of other men who had tried the same thing. They admitted that he could get most of the ticks the first year; but they told him it would take rears to get the last ticks. Well Begun Is Half Dene "But Mr. Welder didn't start dip ping in a half-hearted way. He per fected such a smooth-working organi sation that that he had the ticks more than half whipped before he had dip ped the first steer. He had started laying his plans in the fall of 1921. Ha rebuilt all his outside fence to prevent reinfestation from outside cattle after he had cleaned up his own. He built many miles of cross fence, fencing out all brushy places where cattle could not be readily found when the dipping began. All outlaw cattle, numbering into the hundreds, were slaughtered. "Enough horses were bought to equip four dipping outfits. The work of each outfit was supervised by a county inspector who spent all ef his time with that outfit without regard to county lines, the expenses being apportioned to each county. So pie of the best equipped dipping vats ever built were constructed. Several of (Continued on page t) *